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May 22, 2013

Does Obama have the right to kill Americans with drones?

Does Obama have the right to kill Americans with drones?

After Attorney General Eric Holder wrote a letter to Congressional leaders today admitting for the first time that the U.S. has killed four Americans with drone strikes.

In response, Amnesty International’s Zeke Johnson told The New York Times: “The Obama administration continues to claim authority to kill virtually anyone anywhere in the world under the ‘global battlefield’ legal theory and a radical redefinition of the concept of imminence.”

What do you think?

Does Obama have the right to kill Americans with drones?

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